Former Kirkland & Ellis partner, Paul Patrow, joins Thompson Coburn’s tax team

Paul Patrow has joined Thompson Coburn’s tax practice as a partner in the firm’s Chicago office. Formerly a partner at Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll LLP, Patrow concentrates on tax aspects of business formations, acquisitions, dispositions and financings. He also counsels clients in connection with partnerships and LLCs, including private equity transactions and domestic and international joint ventures.

Patrow has substantial experience representing private equity and hedge fund sponsors in connection with the formation and operation of investment funds and the acquisition and disposition of investments. Additionally, he advises venture capital investors on the tax implications of their investments in operating companies and operating companies on their funding by venture capital and angel investors.

Patrow also provides tax planning for domestic and international real estate investment transactions and represents companies in connection with tax aspects of bankruptcy and private workouts.

About Thompson Coburn’s tax practice

Thompson Coburn provides a full range of federal, state, local and foreign tax planning and tax transactional services, and representation before governmental agencies and tribunals in tax controversies. The firm’s tax practice received a national Tier 3 ranking in U.S. News-Best Lawyers 2014 “Best Law Firms” survey.

The group includes attorneys who have experience as in-house tax counsel and managing federal and state tax authorities, including a former director of tax planning for McDonnell Douglas Corp., a former international tax partner at Deloitte & Touche, and a former director of the Missouri Department of Revenue.